Healey Dell Viaduct
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Healey Dell Viaduct
Image: © John H Darch Taken: 16 Mar 2007
Built in 1867, it carried the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway Company's Bacup branch line over the River Spodden north of Rochdale. Closure of the line came gradually in the 1950s and early 60s. Today the viaduct is in the Healey Dell Nature Reserve.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.639567
Longitude
-2.182217